#sufjan

[garbagequeer]

the only person who has ever understood music might be sufjan stevens in 2006

[fuckyeahsufjanstevens]

Sufjan published 10 of the essays included in the vinyl of the Javelin album to An Other Magazine in preparation for the album release. They're gorgeous and heart breaking. Here they are in photo form, via Asthmatic Kitty Records to An Other Magazine.

[taohun]

WILL ANYBODY EVER LOVE MEEEEEE FOR GOOD REASONS WITHOUT GRIEVANCE NOT FOR SPORT.....

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[dimetrodonz]

i see the wasp on the length of my arm

[modernbaseball]

[thestarsthatlies]

book of ART???? ESSAYS?????

[boonesfarmsangria]

did i fail to believe in positive thoughts

[predatory-w-a-s-p]

Sufjan Stevens hidden in the collage of the cover of his new album Javelin

He’s still cute throughout these years ❤️😘

[matchboxcowboy]

[camestela]

It’s been a long time since I drew my favorite, Sufjan! I hope he is having a good day 

[kylejsugarman]

breaking bad, "grilled" // sufjan stevens, "make me an offer i cannot refuse" // breaking bad, "granite state"

[fuckyeahsufjanstevens]

I don’t know if this is the right thing to say because English is not my first language, but some people fly too close to the sun. When I think about Sufjan Stevens or Ryuichi, Terry Riley, Frank Ocean, I feel like their music is great, but you love them because you can really hear their suffering, their agony, their pain. They have been given a role to filter not just their own feelings through music, but other people’s suffering and pain, too. I always feel so sad for them. Like, why them? Why do they have to bear that role of witnessing so much hardship and the difficulty of just being alive in this world and then translate it through music? I have endless respect and support for this type of artist. I went back to Japan for the first time since the pandemic and there were changes in my parents’ lives. I had to help my father change his living situation. It’s never easy to prepare them for the next chapter, the next chapter, the next chapter, and then you die. Yet I’m so grateful for that and to return to Japan and still feel like it’s my home. Sufjan and I share the same birthday, maybe one day apart [Stevens’ is July 1, Makino’s is July 2], so we’ve spent two birthdays together by his place in upstate New York. He made it so special. I was quite shy, and maybe being the same sign is why he’s just as shy as me, but I really appreciate his way of carrying himself. He wears super colorful clothes, he’s super different, and I love the way he’s not shy of being shy, like he just kind of stares at you and then doesn’t say anything. Everything about him hits close to my heart. He was obsessed with the fireworks then, almost like a child, and even though we didn’t talk much, I felt so much tenderness, intimacy, and warmth from him and his partner. Now I think about Sufjan and his surroundings quite often. His music has been helping me quite a bit: Carrie & Lowell, Call Me By Your Name, his recent piano work that sounds massive. I listen to him in the middle of nowhere in Japan, trying to clean up my parents’ shit. I’m amazed by his responsibility when dealing with very difficult stuff. He’s the type of person who flies quite close to the sun. I hope he’s doing alright, I hope he’s happy, and I hope he’s gonna manage. Because some people just have a very difficult role to feel things so intensely, and that’s not easy. It’s a big ask—even of someone phenomenal like him. - Kazu Makino (Blonde Redhead) on Sufjan

[taohun]

The Little Prince, Antoine De Saint-Exupéry / My Red Little Fox, Sufjan Stevens

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[dimetrodonz]

merry suf-mas everyone